• Christmas University Challenge is a British quiz programme which has aired on BBC Two since 2011. It is a spin-off from University Challenge that airs...
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  • University Challenge is a British television quiz programme which first aired in 1962. University Challenge aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September...
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  • Lucy Beaumont (comedian) (category Alumni of the University of Hull)
    UK. Beaumont was team captain for the University of Hull team on BBC Two's 2019 Christmas University Challenge. Although they won their first round, the...
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  • She took part in a special edition of Christmas University Challenge in December 2016, as part of the University of Bristol alumni team. 2017 and in 2019...
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  • The 53rd series of the quiz show University Challenge began on 17 July 2023 on BBC Two, and ended with the final on 8 April 2024, when Imperial College...
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    winning team on Christmas University Challenge, representing Trinity Hall, Cambridge who defeated Balliol College, Oxford, the University of Edinburgh and...
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    Associate at the University of Cambridge Computer Lab. In 2013 he was a member of the winning team on Christmas University Challenge, representing Gonville...
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  • 2024. "University Challenge announces line up for its twelfth festive series". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023. University Challenge - Christmas 2022:...
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    Tom Scott (YouTuber) (category Alumni of the University of York)
    Retrieved 4 September 2023. BBC Two – Christmas University Challenge, Christmas 2022, Durham University v University of York. BBC. 21 December 2022. Event...
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    College, Oxford on BBC Four's Christmas University Challenge. In their first-round match, the team beat the University of Exeter's team by 220 to 130...
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    Dave Myers (presenter) (category Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London)
    eventual estimate was more than 45,000. Christmas University Challenge – contestant and team captain, Goldsmiths, University of London (23 December 2020) Shooting...
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    In 2016 she captained a team of St Hilda's alumnæ to win the Christmas University Challenge. In 2017, McDermid was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society...
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    Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent. Dudley appeared on the 2018/2019 Christmas University Challenge representing King's College London...
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  • a Christmas-time edition has also existed, titled Christmas University Challenge, featuring university alumni. A New Zealand version of University Challenge...
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    November 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2012. Jones, Dan (29 November 2012). "Christmas 2012: History books of the year". The Daily Telegraph. London. "Hay Festival...
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  • Stan Cullimore (category Alumni of the University of Hull)
    in 1984. He was a member of the University of Hull team that were runners up in the 2014 Christmas University Challenge. He responded to a local newspaper...
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  • Joanna Gosling (category Alumni of the University of Birmingham)
    Good.[citation needed] Gosling competed on Christmas University Challenge in 2015. She represented the University of Birmingham – on a team with novelist...
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    Poetry. In December 2014, he appeared on two programmes for Christmas University Challenge, as part of a team of alumni from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford...
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    until he stepped down from the show in 2023, he presented University Challenge and its Christmas spin-off from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, he announced he was...
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    Jonathan Clements (category Alumni of the University of Leeds)
    cultural icons. In 2019, he appeared on Christmas University Challenge as a member of the winning Leeds University team, alongside Henry Gee and Timothy...
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    Dirk Maggs (category Alumni of the University of Winchester)
    Bournemouth University. In December 2021 Maggs was on a team representing the University of Winchester in BBC TV's Christmas University Challenge. Maggs was...
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  • Jeremy Paxman as the host of University Challenge for the 53rd series. Rajan had himself appeared on Christmas University Challenge (a version for celebrity...
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    Jesse Armstrong (category Alumni of the University of Manchester)
    podcast. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023. "University Challenge, Christmas 2015: 3. Manchester v UEA". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 28 December...
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    John Wilson (broadcaster) (category Alumni of the University of Southampton)
    version of Front Row. In the 2018 Christmas University Challenge series, he captained a team of fellow alumni of the University of Southampton. He hosted the...
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    Zeb Soanes (category Alumni of the University of East Anglia)
    " At Christmas 2018 Soanes appeared as part of the team for the University of East Anglia on BBC's Christmas University Challenge. On Christmas Day, the...
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    John Lloyd (producer) (category Academics of Solent University)
    captain of the winning Trinity College, Cambridge, team on the Christmas University Challenge. Lloyd was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire...
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    105°37′39″E / 10.49000°S 105.62750°E / -10.49000; 105.62750 The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising...
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  • The 52nd series of University Challenge began on 29 August 2022 on BBC Two. A special programme commemorating the show's 60th anniversary was broadcast...
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    of St Hugh's College, Oxford in the 2013 of Christmas University Challenge. They defeated the University of Stirling but did not reach the final. Hibbert...
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  • Series 41 of University Challenge began on 4 July 2011, and aired on BBC Two. Below is a list of the matches played with their scores and outcomes. Winning...
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